AWS came out with the Java8/Tomcat8 ami about 3 weeks ago.
Can we get Java 8 compilation support in bamboo automated builds so we can target the new AMI
both source and target cannot be java 8

29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.2:compile (default-compile) on project biometric.model: Fatal error compiling: invalid target release: 1.8 -> [Help 1]

29-Nov-2014 10:32:29 [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.2:compile (default-compile) on project biometric.model: Fatal error compiling: invalid source release: 1.8 -> [Help 1]

This bug is general to any Java 8 project
Workaround is to use the Java 8 JDK but compile and target for 7

Maven Java config
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>

Bamboo logs
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] biometric.root .................................... SUCCESS [2.485s]
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] biometric_model ................................... FAILURE [7.259s]
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] biometric ......................................... SKIPPED
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] BUILD FAILURE
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] Total time: 10.123s
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] Finished at: Sat Nov 29 15:16:39 UTC 2014
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] Final Memory: 11M/123M
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.2:compile (default-compile) on project biometric.model: Fatal error compiling: invalid target release: 1.8 -> [Help 1]
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR]
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR]
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR]
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 [ERROR] mvn <goals> -rf :biometric.model
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 Failing task since return code of [/opt/maven-3.0/bin/mvn -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/BIOM-BIOM-BUIL clean package --batch-mode -Dnexus.username=${bamboo.nexusUsername} -Dnexus.password=${bamboo.nexusPassword} -Dmaven.test.skip=true] was 1 while expected 0
29-Nov-2014 10:16:39 Finished task 'Perform Build' with result: Failed